Extreme heat is one of the most hated things that a tennis player has to deal with from time to time.
And on the hard courts at the US Open, that surface reflects the heat upwards towards the players, making it an average 15 to 20 degrees hotter for the people working the hardest! Add that to the already increased body heat, and you’ve got a horrible problem.
Now though some players (…like Ljubicic) fell victim to the weather’s wrath, some managed to pull out big wins and are still alive in the tournament today, despite it.
So, how were those players able to withstand these wicked weather conditions? What did they do?
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Over this weekend (…in between touching up TMCSS 101, getting ready for one of my best friend’s wedding), I had a few extra minutes. So I thought I’d do something a little different and a little fun.

What I did was, I recently bugged (…tapped into) the practices of nearly every highly competitive tennis player known to man. It was tricky at first, but it finally worked.
Now, since I couldn’t type out everything from all 1,659,756 players and coaches word for word. I summarized what I saw the most frequently and that was having the most impact.
Check it out…
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